Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Give thanks to Your unworthy servants, Lord, for Your great blessings upon us; we glorify You, bless You, thank You, sing and magnify Your compassion, and We slavishly cry out to You in love: Our Benefactor, our Savior, glory to You.
We earnestly flow to You as a servant of indifference, Master, and earnestly flow to You for Your blessings and gifts, and we offer thanks to You as much as we can, and to You as the Benefactor and Creator glorifyingly, we cry: glory to You, All-Bountiful God.
Mother of God, Christian Helper, Thy servants, who have gained Thy intercession, gratefully cry out to Thee: Rejoice, Most Pure Virgin Mary, and always deliver us from all our troubles with Thy prayers, One will soon appear.
We praise God to You, we confess to You the Lord, The whole earth magnifies Your Eternal Father; To you all the Angels, to you the Heavens and all the Powers, to you the unceasing voices of the Cherubim and Seraphim cry: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, the essence of Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Your glory.
The glorious apostolic face is to you, the prophetic number of praise is to you, the bright martyr’s army praises you; Throughout the entire universe the Holy Church confesses to You: the Father of incomprehensible majesty, worshiping Your true and Only Begotten Son, and the Holy Comforter of the Spirit.
You are the King of glory, Christ, You are the ever-present Son of the Father; For the sake of deliverance, when you received a man, you did not disdain the Virgin’s womb; Having overcome the sting of death, you have opened the Kingdom of Heaven to believers; You sit at the right hand of God in the glory of the Fathers, the Judge comes to believe.
We therefore ask You: help Thy servant, whom Thou hast redeemed with His honest Blood, to reign with Thy saints in Thy eternal glory. Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your heritage, correct them, and exalt them forever.
We will bless You all the days, and we will praise Your name forever and ever. Grant, Lord, that on this day we may be preserved without sin. Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us; May Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we trust in Thee; in Thee, Lord, let us trust, let us not be ashamed forever. Amen.
We thank Thee, Lord our God, for all Thy good deeds, even from our first age to the present in us, the unworthy, the former, about those known and not known, about those revealed and unmanifested, even in action. former ones, and in a word: Thou hast loved us, even as Thy only begotten Son was willing to give for us. Make us also worthy of Your love.
Give wisdom through Your word and through Your fear, inhale strength from Your power, and whatever we want or don’t want to sin, forgive, and do not impute, and preserve our holy soul, and present me to Your throne, I have a clear conscience, and the end is worthy of Your love for mankind.
And remember, O Lord, all who call on Your name in truth: remember all who desire good or evil against us: for all are men, and every man is in vain. Moreover, we pray to You, Lord: grant us Your great mercy.
The Cathedral of Saints Angel and Archangel with all the heavenly powers sings to Thee and says: Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts, heaven and earth are filled with Thy Glory! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Save me, Who art thou King in the highest, save me and sanctify, Source of sanctification: for from Thee all creation is strengthened; The countless people in heaven, worshiping you with trepidation, unceasingly sing the thrice-holy hymn; Unworthy of You, who sits in the unapproachable light, Whom everyone is terrified of, I pray: enlighten my mind, cleanse my heart, and open my lips, so that I may worthily sing to You: Holy, Holy, Holy art thou, O Lord, unto the endless ages of ages. Amen.
God! What will I bring to You, how will I thank You for Your constant, greatest mercies to me and Your people? For here I am every moment revived by Your Holy Spirit, every moment I breathe the air diffused by You, light, pleasant, healthy, strengthening, I am enlightened by Your joyful and life-giving light, spiritual and material; I feed on sweet and life-giving spiritual food and the same drink - the Holy Mysteries of Your Body and Blood, and material food and drinks of sweetness; You clothe me with a bright, beautiful, royal robe - with Yourself, according to the Scripture: those who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Gal. 3:27), and with material garments of beauty in the temple and outside it; You cleanse my sins, You heal and purify my sinful passions, many and fierce, You take away my spiritual corruption in the power of Your immeasurable goodness, wisdom and strength; fill me with Your Holy Spirit, the Spirit of holiness, grace, give my soul truth, peace and joy, space, strength, boldness, courage, strength; You endow my body with precious health; You teach my hand to fight and my fingers to fight (Ps. 143:1) with the invisible enemies of my salvation and bliss and with the enemies of the holiness and power of Your glory - with the spirits of wickedness in high places; You crown my deeds done in Your name with success.
For all this I thank, glorify and bless Your all-good, fatherly, all-powerful power, O God, our Savior, our Benefactor. But be known as you were known to me, O Lover of Mankind, and to your other people, so that they may know You, the Father of all, Your goodness, Your providence, Your wisdom and power, and glorify You with the Father and the Holy Spirit now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
I thank You, Lord my God, for giving me existence, for giving me birth in the Christian faith, for the Most Pure Virgin Mary, Intercessor for the salvation of our race, for Your holy Saints praying for us, for the Guardian Angel, for public worship that supports faith and virtue in us, for the Holy Scriptures, for the Holy Sacraments, and especially for Your Body and Blood, for mysterious grace-filled consolations, for the hope of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and for all the blessings You have given me.
O Trinity, our God, simple Being, who created our soul in Your image, that in You we have our life and peace!
O Trinity, our Nourisher and Hope! Give us in You alone to always place our hope, in You alone to find life and peace.
About the Trinity! You, like a mother, carry us all in Your arms and feed us all from Your hands, like the most tender mother! You never forget and will not forget us; for You Yourself said: even if a woman forgets her child, I will not forget you (Is. 49:15), that is, I will not cease to nourish, protect, protect and save you.
* Translation by Hieromonk Feofan (Adamenko).
1 From the following prayer singing of thanksgiving for the receipt of the petition and for every good deed of God.
2 Psalter followed. Prayers for the 6th Kathisma.
3 Orthodox prayer book with translation into Russian.
4 Righteous John of Kronstadt. Diary. Volume X. 1866–1867. May 1st.
5 Prayers of our holy righteous father John of Kronstadt the Wonderworker.
6 Symphony based on the works of the holy righteous John of Kronstadt. Trinity.